
In extending best wishes and congratulations to newly inaugurated United States President Donald Trump, President Irfaan Ali has indicated Guyana’s readiness to work closely with the new US Government.
In a statement to the new US President, President Ali said “the Government of Guyana looks forward to working closely with you and your administration to forge stronger ties between our two nations in the years ahead.”
Guyana and the US have shared diplomatic ties for more than 55 years, and have worked together in a number of critical areas including trade and security, education and infrastructure development and health. Guyana has always had the US as a close ally in its ongoing border controversy with Venezuela and the US has always made known its support of Guyana.
With the discovery of oil and the start of production with US oil giant, ExxonMobil at the helm, new doors of trade and economic cooperation have opened up between Guyana and the US.
In July at the US Independence celebrations in Guyana, the US Ambassador, Nicole D. Theriot noted that trade of US good with Guyana has surpassed US$4.6 billion, and that there are now more than 100 U.S. companies in Guyana. It was noted that the level of trade and the partnership between the two countries will only grow.

President Ali came to power in 2020, just months before President Trump lost his re-election bid.
Within weeks of the new Irfaan Ali led Government in Guyana, the then US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, arrived in Guyana to sign a number of agreements to deepen ties and cooperation to Guyana. That US Secretary of State, would later become a critic of President Trump and has since fallen out of favour of the US President.
Pompeo has not been given any key role in the new Trump Administration, but continues to enjoy close ties with Guyana, visiting Guyana twice in the past year alone in his private capacity to engage the Guyana Government.
It was under Trump’s presidency, and with Pompeo at the US State Department, that pressure was mounted on the APNU+AFC Government to concede defeat at the 2020 elections and make way for the PPP administration after the post-election controversy and accusations of electoral fraud.
Ironically, Trump never conceded defeat at his own 2020 elections and made accusations of rigging and electoral fraud, as he was ousted from Government after his first term, amid violent protests by his supporters.
Since taking office as the 47th President of the United States, Trump has signed several executive orders, including one to end birthright citizenship, another to clamp down on illegal immigration and a third to withdraw from the World Health Organization.
He has also signed executive orders to withdraw from the Paris Climate Change Agreement and to pardon those supporters who were convicted and jailed for the violent protests that enveloped the US Capital in January 2021 as he ended his first term in office.
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